Abstract [en]

The study examines how gender is expressed in preschool. The aim is to investigate how traditional gender structures and genderpatterns affects teachers professional role. The following questions have therefore resulted, how are the kids in preschool treated based on their gender? and how is the teachers' ideas about gender in preschool? This is studied by observing girls and boys based on differences in gender. The study also examines the teachers' ideas about gender. The results from the observations shows that boys and girls are treated differently in certain situations in preschool. In the interviews the teachers expressed that the different treatment is done both consciously and unconsciously. The study also shows that teachers defines gender as a concept that includes the same rights and opportunities for both sexes, and that it should be equal for everyone.